Fedora website, Red Hat, copyright notices and FPCA

[Richard Fontana]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 01:38:13AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> I would also note that FPCA designates the Fedora Board
> with the authority to change the default license but Fedora Board
> doesn't have any clear rules on the decision making process and with the
> Fedora Board Chair having veto power, it essentially transfers control
> of this decision to Red Hat. 

Given the nature of the FPCA - the central idea is the default license
- it becomes necessary (or at least desirable) to have some way of
instituting a new default license in the future, without necessarily
issuing a new version of the FPCA.

Perhaps the Fedora Board should at some point specify such "clear
rules on the decisionmaking process". I wouldn't expect the Board to
consider it a priority, since the selection of a new default license
is likely to be an extremely rare event. 

- RF